[p4] editing view in p4 client

[Sven Erik Knop]

Which editor did you use? If that is Notepad++, the process forks off and returns immediately instead of waiting for you save.
The recipe for the view should be exactly as you described.

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On 21 Mar 2018, at 14:25, cgorac <perforce-user-***@forums.perforce.com<mailto:perforce-user-***@forums.perforce.com>> wrote:

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I have a p4 client setup that I used for while, but now I want to exclude some
large binary files from my workspace. So I run "p4 client" and changed
settings under "View" from:
//depot/main/... //my_ws/...
to:
//depot/main/... //my_ws/...
-//depot/main/foo/... //my_ws/foo/...
where "foo" is sub-directory that contains files that I want to
exclude.

I think this is pretty much exactly the same as suggested in p4 client command
documentation; however, when I save the file in editor, it just says
"Client my_ws not changed", and when I re-run "p4 client"
again, the line that I added is not there any more.

I can change other items in the client spec, for example, I've changed
"Root" earlier, and also for example I can change some of items under
"Options", and then the changed client spec is properly
saved. So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with changing the
view?

Thanks.



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[Sven Erik Knop]

Oh yes,

you cannot modify a stream client this way, the view is fixed.

You want to create a virtual stream that excludes your binaries, then point your client workspace to that virtual stream.

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On 21 Mar 2018, at 15:15, cgorac <perforce-user-***@forums.perforce.com<mailto:perforce-user-***@forums.perforce.com>> wrote:

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P4Sven, on 2018/03/21 13:50:03 UTC, said:
Which editor did you use? If that is Notepad++, the process forks off and returns immediately instead of waiting for you save.
The recipe for the view should be exactly as you described.

The editor is Emacs, this is on Linux.

Does it matters that it is about a stream actually (I have "Stream:
//depot/main" in my client spec)?



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[Sven Erik Knop]

Depends how often you need to do this.

I would create a virtual stream first to map out how my task streams are supposed to look like, then use that as a template for my task, which becomes a simple click.
Only worth doing if you have to create more than one task over time. Otherwise you can just 'exclude' your binary directory in the task stream spec upon creation.

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On 21 Mar 2018, at 16:15, cgorac <perforce-user-***@forums.perforce.com<mailto:perforce-user-***@forums.perforce.com>> wrote:

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P4Sven, on 2018/03/21 14:20:03 UTC, said:
Oh yes,
you cannot modify a stream client this way, the view is fixed.
You want to create a virtual stream that excludes your binaries, then point your client workspace to that virtual stream.

Ok, thanks. Can I do the same using task stream instead of virtual
stream, as I actually have to create a task stream here?



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